2013 WNBA draft

The 2013 WNBA draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 15, 2013, at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut at 8:00 pm EDT. The first round was shown on ESPN2 (HD), with the second and third rounds shown on ESPNU.

2013 WNBA draft
General information
Sport	Basketball
Date(s)	April 15, 2013
Location	Bristol, Connecticut
Network(s)	ESPN2, ESPNU
Overview
League	WNBA
First selection	Brittney Griner Phoenix Mercury
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Draft lottery

The lottery selection to determine the order of the top four picks in the 2013 draft occurred on September 26, 2012. For the first time in league history, the lottery was televised (during SportsCenter at 6:30 pm ET).

Below were the chances for each team to get specific picks in the 2013 draft lottery, rounded to three decimal places:

Team	2012 record	Lottery chances	Pick
			1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Washington Mystics	5–29	442	.442	.316	.181	.062
Phoenix Mercury	7–27	276	.276	.310	.270	.144
Tulsa Shock	9–25	178	.178	.230	.317	.275
Chicago Sky	14–20	104	.104	.145	.232	.520
Shaded block denotes actual lottery result.

Transactions

• February 2, 2012: The Minnesota Lynx signed-and-traded Alexis Hornbuckle to the Phoenix Mercury in exchange for a 2013 second round draft pick.
• March 14, 2012: The Chicago Sky acquired Sonja Petrovic from the San Antonio Silver Stars in exchange for a 2013 second round draft pick.
• February 19, 2013: The Washington Mystics receive the seventh and 19th overall pick from the Atlanta Dream as part of the Jasmine Thomas trade. Atlanta receives the 13th overall pick.
• February 27, 2013: The New York Liberty receive the seventh overall pick from the Washington Mystics as part of the Kia Vaughn trade. Washington receives the 17th overall pick.
• March 1, 2013: The New York Liberty receive the 15th and 27th overall picks as part of a three-team trade. The Tulsa Shock receive the 29th overall pick.
• April 15, 2013: The New York Liberty receive the 25th overall pick from the Washington Mystics as part of the Quanitra Hollingsworth trade.

Draft invitees

The WNBA announced on April 11, 2013, the 12 players were invited to attend the draft.^[1]

• Alex Bentley, Penn State
• Kelsey Bone, Texas A&M
• Layshia Clarendon, California
• Elena Delle Donne, Delaware
• Skylar Diggins, Notre Dame
• Kelly Faris, Connecticut
• Brittney Griner, Baylor
• Tianna Hawkins, Maryland
• Tayler Hill, Ohio State
• Lindsey Moore, Nebraska
• Ta’Shauna “Sugar” Rodgers, Georgetown
• Toni Young, Oklahoma State

Key

!	Denotes player who has been inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
^	Denotes player who has been inducted to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
*	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-WNBA Team
+	Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game
#	Denotes player who never played in the WNBA regular season or playoffs
Bold	Denotes player who won Rookie of the Year

Draft

Round 1

Pick	Player	Nationality[a]	Team	School / club team
1	Brittney Griner *	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Baylor (Sr.)
2	Elena Delle Donne *		Chicago Sky	Delaware (Sr.)
3	Skylar Diggins *		Tulsa Shock	Notre Dame (Sr.)
4	Tayler Hill		Washington Mystics	Ohio State (Sr.)
5	Kelsey Bone +		New York Liberty	Texas A&M (Jr.)
6	Tianna Hawkins		Seattle Storm	Maryland (Sr.)
7	Toni Young		New York Liberty (from Atlanta via Washington)	Oklahoma State (Sr.)
8	Kayla Alexander	Canada	San Antonio Silver Stars	Syracuse (Sr.)
9	Layshia Clarendon +	United States	Indiana Fever	California (Sr.)
10	A'dia Mathies		Los Angeles Sparks	Kentucky (Sr.)
11	Kelly Faris		Connecticut Sun	Connecticut (Sr.)
12	Lindsey Moore		Minnesota Lynx	Nebraska (Sr.)

Round 2

Pick	Player	Nationality[a]	Team	School / club team
13	Alex Bentley +	United States	Atlanta Dream (from Washington)	Penn State (Sr.)
14	Sugar Rodgers +		Minnesota Lynx (from Phoenix)	Georgetown (Sr.)
15	Kamiko Williams		New York Liberty (from Tulsa)	Tennessee (Sr.)
16	Davellyn Whyte		San Antonio Silver Stars (from Chicago)	Arizona (Sr.)
17	Nadirah McKenith		Washington Mystics (from New York)	St. John's (Sr.)
18	Chelsea Poppens		Seattle Storm	Iowa State (Sr.)
19	Emma Meesseman +	Belgium	Washington Mystics (from Atlanta)	Villeneuve-d'Ascq (France)
20	Diandra Tchatchouang #	France	San Antonio Silver Stars	Perpignan (France)
21	Jasmine Hassell	United States	Indiana Fever	Georgia (Sr.)
22	Brittany Chambers #		Los Angeles Sparks	Kansas State (Sr.)
23	Anna Prins #		Connecticut Sun	Iowa State (Sr.)
24	Chucky Jeffery		Minnesota Lynx	Colorado (Sr.)

Round 3

Pick	Player	Nationality[a]	Team	School / club team
25	Shenneika Smith #	Jamaica	New York Liberty (from Washington)	St. John's (Sr.)
26	Nikki Greene	United States	Phoenix Mercury	Penn State (Sr.)
27	Olcay Çakır #	Turkey	New York Liberty (from Tulsa)	Fenerbahçe (Turkey)
28	Brooklyn Pope #	United States	Chicago Sky	Baylor (Sr.)
29	Angel Goodrich		Tulsa Shock (from New York)	Kansas (Sr.)
30	Jasmine James		Seattle Storm	Georgia (Sr.)
31	Anne Marie Armstrong		Atlanta Dream	Georgia (Sr.)
32	Whitney Hand #		San Antonio Silver Stars	Oklahoma (Sr.)
33	Jennifer George #		Indiana Fever	Florida (Sr.)
34	Alina Iagupova[b]	Ukraine	Los Angeles Sparks	Elizabeth-Basket Kivorograd (Ukraine)
35	Andrea Smith #	United States	Connecticut Sun	South Florida (Sr.)
36	Waltiea Rolle	Bahamas	Minnesota Lynx	North Carolina (Sr.)

Notes:

1. Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality at time of draft. If a player has not competed at the international level, then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is eligible to represent according to FIBA rules.
2. Los Angeles's selection of Alina Iagupova was subsequently voided by the league due to her age, under Article XIII, section 1(d) of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.^[2]

Notable undrafted players

These players were not selected in the 2013 draft but have played at least one game in the WNBA.

Player	Position	Nationality	School/club team
Victoria Macaulay	C	Australia	Temple (Sr.)
Tierra Ruffin-Pratt	G	United States	North Carolina (Sr.)

See also

• List of first overall WNBA draft picks